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Year	Citation	Gear	Species	Technique/Category
2023	ACAP (2023) ACAP Review of mitigation measures and Best Practice Advice for Reducing the Impact of Pelagic Longline Fisheries on Seabirds. In: ACAP - 13th Meeting of the Advisory Committee. Edinburgh, UK	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Dyed bait Hook Shielding Devices Hookpod Lasers Line shooter Line weighting & bait sink rate Management of offal discharge Night / day setting Side-setting Smart Tuna Hook Spatial & temporal measures Streamer (tori) lines Underwater setting techniques
2023	ACAP (2023) Updated ACAP Advice on Reducing the Bycatch of Albatrosses and Petrels in WCPFC Fisheries. In: WCPFC Scientific Committee 19th Regular Session. WCPFC-SC19-2023/EB-IP-21, Koror, Palau	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Hook Shielding Devices Hookpod Line weighting & bait sink rate Management of offal discharge Night / day setting Side-setting Smart Tuna Hook Spatial & temporal measures Streamer (tori) lines Underwater setting techniques Management Categories International & National Management Schemes
2021	Hyrenbach KD, Ishizaki A, Polovina J, Ellgen S (eds) (2021) The Factors Influencing Albatross Interactions in the Hawaii Longline Fishery: Towards Identifying Drivers and Quantifying Impacts. NOAA Technical Memorandum NOAA-TM-NMFS-PIFSC-122, Honolulu, Hawaii, p 163	LL	Marine Mammals, Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Dyed bait Side-setting Spatial & temporal measures Vessel-specific management Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates Tagging Studies Population Level Assessments Risk Analysis - Open Category
2021	ACAP (2021) ACAP Review of mitigation measures and Best Practice Advice for Reducing the Impact of Pelagic Longline Fisheries on Seabirds. In: ACAP - Twelth Meeting of the Advisory Committee. Online	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Dyed bait Hook Shielding Devices Hookpod Line weighting & bait sink rate Management of offal discharge Night / day setting Side-setting Spatial & temporal measures Streamer (tori) lines Underwater setting techniques
2020	NOAA National marine Fisheries Service PIRO (2020) Seabird Interactions and Mitigation Efforts in Hawaii Longline Fisheries: 2018 Annual Report. Revised June 2020. Annual Report 22	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Dyed bait Line shooter Line weighting & bait sink rate Management of offal discharge Night / day setting Safe handling & release Side-setting Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates
2020	Swimmer Y, Zollett E, Gutierrez A (2020) Bycatch mitigation of protected and threatened species in tuna purse seine and longline fisheries. Endang Species Res 43:517–542. https://doi.org/10.3354/esr01069	LL, PS	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Brickle curtain Circle hooks Deep / shallow setting Depredation Mitigation Device Fish not squid bait Hook Shielding Devices Hookpod Line weighting & bait sink rate Monofilament / Wire Leaders Night / day setting Side-setting Soak duration Spatial & temporal measures Weak Hooks Management Categories Implementation & Evaluation of Mitigation Techniques
2019	ACAP (2019) ACAP Review and Best Practice Advice for Reducing the Impact of Pelagic Longline Fisheries on Seabirds - May 2019. In: ACAP - Eleventh Meeting of the Advisory Committee. Florianópolis, Brazil	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Bait caster Dyed bait Haul mitigation Hook Shielding Devices Hookpod Lasers Lightsticks / light attractors Line shooter Line weighting & bait sink rate Management of offal discharge Night / day setting Side-setting Smart Tuna Hook Spatial & temporal measures Streamer (tori) lines Underwater setting techniques
2019	ACAP (2019) ACAP advice for reducing the impact of pelagic longline fishing operations on seabirds WCPFC. In: WCPFC Scientific Committee 15th Regular Session. WCPFC-SC15-2019/EB-IP-03, Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia	LL, PS	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Bait caster Dyed bait Haul mitigation Hook Shielding Devices Hookpod Lasers Lightsticks / light attractors Line shooter Line weighting & bait sink rate Management of offal discharge Night / day setting Side-setting Smart Tuna Hook Spatial & temporal measures Streamer (tori) lines Underwater setting techniques Management Categories Fisheries Management Performance
2018	Birdlife International (2018) Seabird Bycatch Mitigation Factsheets / Ending Seabird Bycatch. In: Birdlife International partnership for nature and people. http://www.birdlife.org/bycatch. Accessed 5 Nov 2014	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Branchline (snood) hauler Dyed bait Line shooter Line weighting & bait sink rate Night / day setting Side-setting Streamer (tori) lines Underwater setting techniques
2018	Gilman E, Ishizaki A (eds) (2018) Report of the Workshop to Review Seabird Bycatch Mitigation Measures for Hawaii’s Pelagic Longline Fisheries: September 18-19, 2018. Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council, Honolulu, Hawaii	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Brickle curtain Lightsticks / light attractors Line weighting & bait sink rate Management of offal discharge Night / day setting Safe handling & release Side-setting Sliding Leads (Lumo Leads) Streamer (tori) lines Vessel-specific management Management Categories International & National Management Schemes Population Level Assessments Abundance Indices
2017	ACAP (2017) ACAP Review and Best Practice Advice for Reducing the Impact of Pelagic Longline Fisheries on Seabirds. In: ACAP - Tenth Meeting of the Advisory Committee. ACAP, Wellington, New Zealand	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Bait caster Dyed bait Hook Shielding Devices Hookpod Lightsticks / light attractors Line shooter Line weighting & bait sink rate Management of offal discharge Night / day setting Side-setting Smart Tuna Hook Spatial & temporal measures Streamer (tori) lines Underwater setting techniques
2016	Gilman E, Chaloupka M, Peschon J, Ellgen S (2016) Risk Factors for Seabird Bycatch in a Pelagic Longline Tuna Fishery. PLOS ONE 11:e0155477. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0155477	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Dyed bait Side-setting Management Categories Bycatch Threats and Interaction Rates Population Level Assessments Risk Analysis - Open Category
2016	ACAP (2016) 2016 ACAP Review and Best Practice Advice for Reducing the Impact of Pelagic Longline Fisheries on Seabirds. In: 9th Meeting of the ACAP Advisory Committee. La Serena, Chile	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Chemical deterrents or attractants Dyed bait Hook Shielding Devices Hookpod Line shooter Line weighting & bait sink rate Management of offal discharge Night / day setting Side-setting Smart Tuna Hook Spatial & temporal measures Streamer (tori) lines Underwater setting techniques
2014	Birdlife International (2014) Bycatch Mitigation Fact-Sheet 9. Pelagic Longline: Side-setting. English, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Simplified & Traditional Chinese, Spanish.	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Side-setting
2014	IATTC SAC (2014) Best Practice Advice to Reduce the Bycatch of Seabirds in the Convention Area	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Brickle curtain Double-weight branchlines Dyed bait Line shooter Management of offal discharge Night / day setting Side-setting Streamer (tori) lines Underwater setting techniques
2014	ISSF (ed) (2014) Longline Skippers’ Guidebook (English, French, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Tagalong, Vietnamese), 2nd edn. ISSF, Washington DC USA	LL	Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Circle hooks Deep / shallow setting Double-weight branchlines Fish not squid bait Management of offal discharge Night / day setting Safe handling & release Side-setting Streamer (tori) lines Management Categories Species Identification
2014	Clarke SC, Sato M, Small C, et al (2014) Bycatch in longline fisheries for tuna and tuna-like species: A global review of status and mitigation measures. FAO, Rome	LL	Marine Mammals, Sea Turtles, Seabirds, Sharks and Rays	Mitigation Techniques Circle hooks Fish not squid bait Lightsticks / light attractors Line weighting & bait sink rate Night / day setting Side-setting Streamer (tori) lines Management Categories Fisheries Management Performance Implementation & Evaluation of Mitigation Techniques International & National Management Schemes
2013	ACAP (2013) Report of Seabird Working Group. La Rochelle, France	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Bait caster Chemical deterrents or attractants Dyed bait Line shooter Line weighting & bait sink rate Management of offal discharge Night / day setting Side-setting Sliding Leads (Lumo Leads) Spatial & temporal measures Streamer (tori) lines Underwater setting techniques
2013	ACAP (2013) Report of Seabird Bycatch Working Group Rev 2. Includes: Annex 2 ACAP review of seabird bycatch mitigation measures for pelagic longline fisheries; Annex 3 ACAP Summary Advice for Reducing Impact of Pelagic Longlines on Seabirds. In: Seventh Meeting of the Advisory Committee, La Rochelle, France, 1-3 May. ACAP, La Rochelle, France, p 112	LL, GN	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Bait caster Chemical deterrents or attractants Dyed bait Hook Shielding Devices Line shooter Line weighting & bait sink rate Management of offal discharge Night / day setting Safe handling & release Side-setting Sliding Leads (Lumo Leads) Smart Tuna Hook Spatial & temporal measures Streamer (tori) lines Underwater setting techniques
2012	ACAP (2012) Review of Seabird Bycatch Mitigation Measures for Pelagic Longline Fisheries. WCPFC, Busan, Republic of Korea, p 20	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Bait caster Branchline (snood) hauler Dyed bait Line shooter Line weighting & bait sink rate Management of offal discharge Night / day setting Side-setting Streamer (tori) lines Underwater setting techniques Management Categories International & National Management Schemes
2012	Tosatto M D (2012) Biological Opinion of the US Fish and Wildlife Service for the Operation of Hawaii-based Pelagic Longline Fisheries, Shallow Set and Deep Set, Hawaii. US Fish and Wildlife Service, Hawaii	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Dyed bait Line shooter Line weighting & bait sink rate Management of offal discharge Night / day setting Side-setting
2011	Løkkeborg S (2011) Best practices to mitigate seabird bycatch in longline, trawl and gillnet fisheries - efficiency and practical applicability. Marine Ecology Progress Series 435:285–303. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps09227	LL, GN	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Bait caster Chemical deterrents or attractants Line shooter Line weighting & bait sink rate Management of offal discharge Night / day setting Pingers - acoustic alarms Side-setting Spatial & temporal measures Streamer (tori) lines Sub-surface gillnets Underwater setting techniques Visual alerts for gillnets - other
2011	ACAP (2011) AC5 Annex 6 Review of seabird bycatch mitigation measures for pelagic longline fisheries. ACAP, Guayaquil, Equador, p 12	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Bait caster Dyed bait Line shooter Line weighting & bait sink rate Management of offal discharge Night / day setting Side-setting Spatial & temporal measures Streamer (tori) lines Underwater setting techniques
2010	WCPFC SCS (2010) Seabird Bycatch Mitigation. WCPFC, Nuku’alofa, Tonga	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Dyed bait Line shooter Line weighting & bait sink rate Management of offal discharge Night / day setting Side-setting Streamer (tori) lines Underwater setting techniques
2010	ACAP Seabird Bycatch Working Group (2010) Annex 5: Review of Seabird Bycatch Mitigation Measures for Pelagic Longline Fisheries. In: ACAP - Third Meeting of the Seabird Bycatch Working Group. ACAP, Mar del Plata, Argentina	LL	Seabirds	Mitigation Techniques Bait caster Dyed bait Line shooter Line weighting & bait sink rate Management of offal discharge Night / day setting Side-setting Streamer (tori) lines Underwater setting techniques

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